D en G actually have other names (D/A, G/D), but I call them D and G for readability of
the chord chart.

Intro:
A4 G x3
D A4
D A4 D A4 D

Verse 1:
D
Oh
   A4
to be
     D
not anyone
A4
gone
     D
this maze of being
A4
skin

Verse 2:
D
oh
   A4
to cry
    D
not any cry

   A4
so mournful that
    D         A4
the dove just laughs
              D
the steadfast gasps

Verse3:
D
oh
   A4
to owe
    D
not anyone
A4
nothing
   D
to be
    A4
not here
    D
but here
forsaking
equatorial bliss
    A4
who walked through
   D
the callow mist
A4
dressed in scraps
    D
who walked
    A4               D
the curve of the world
      A4
whose bone scraped
      D
whose flesh unfurled
    A4
who grieves not
D
anyone gone
   A4 D
to greet lame
    D
the inspired sky
amazed to stumble
      A4    D
where gods get lost
A4
beneath
    D
the southern cross

Outro:
D A4 (x5)
D G (x4) D D A4 D
A4 D
(chords played over Jeff Buckley's vocal)

Coda:
D
cross over boy
cross over
A4 D A4 D A4 D G D
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